Sheep

Sheep. The following Hebrew words occur as the names of sheep: צֹאן, tson (varieties צאוֹן tseon, צֹנֵא, tsone, or צֹנֶה, tsoneh), a collective noun to denote "a flock of sheep or goats," to which is opposed the noun of unity, שֶׂה, seh, "a sheep" or "a goat," joined to a masculine where "rams" or "he- goats" are signified, and with a feminine when "ewes" or "she-goats" are meant, though, even in this case sometimes to a masculine (as in Ge 31:10): אִיַל, dyil, "a ram;" רָחֵל, rachel, "a ewe;" כֶּבֶשׂ, keseb, or כֶּשֶׂב, keseb (fem. כַּשׂבָּה, or כַּבשָׂה), "a lamb," or rather "a sheep of a year old or above," opposed to טָלֶה, taleh, "a sucking or very young lamb;" כִּר, kar, is another term applied to a lamb as it skips (כָּרִר) in the pastures. The Chald. אַמִּר, immar (Ezr 6:9,17; Ezr 7:17), is a later word, apparently indicating lambs intended for sacrifice, while עִתּוּד, attud, rendered "ram" in Genesis 31 signifies a he-goat. SEE EWE; SEE LAMB; SEE RAM.

The term קשַׂיטָה, kesitah (literally something weighed out, A.V. "piece of money," Ge 33:19; Job 42:11; "piece of silver," Jos 24:32), has been supposed by many to denote a coin stamped with the figure of a lamb; but Gesenius suggests (Thesaur. p. 1241) that specimens of that sort are probably only those of Cyprus, which bore that mark. See KESITAH.